Just seen a poll that a majority 55% want to see Hillary Clinton held accountable for Benghazi, yet similar polls see her as beating any Republican for president. How does one reconcile this conflicted thought process or does it even matter to voters whether she is qualified to be Commander-in-Chief?

12:38 pm May 1, 2014

Citizen Researcher wrote:

Republican Senators shot down a minimum wage hike and previously refused to pass emergency unemployment insurance. They already cut food assistance and programs for the poor.

So let’s talk about the imperial washington senate outlays, appropriations and balances, which is googable at the treasury annual reports. The amount of money senators receive and what it goes to is mind-boggling.

Without our approval, we taxpayers pay many, many millions into senate annual revolving funds for senate hair care/manicures/pedicures/barber/beauty care, fitness and gym, gift shop, stationary, senate restaurant, photographic and recording studios, pensions, health insurance subsidies, their paychecks and automatic pay raises, their free parking places at the airport, their automobiles, office supplies, an extremely generous retirement plan that includes both a traditional defined benefit pension rewarding years of service and salary, plus a 401(k)-type savings account, and retired members get cost of living adjustments, a benefit fewer than one in ten private sector pensions offer. Perks last a lifetime. And perks for spouses. Senate pay raises this year for salary were in the thousands.

If you add up all these perks, Senators are making over $500,000 per year. They barely work 100 days per year and deliver a paltry product for us.
They eat for free. We pay them.
They insult us by refusing to deal with a wage hike for our nation's poor working families. Many of whom are women. Once again, the war on women.

1:03 pm May 1, 2014

The right wing is politicizing Benghazi wrote:

Even when Ambassador Steven’s family asked the republicans to stop politicizing their sons death the right would not listen. No respect....

The email doesn't change the fact that the administration thought the video contributed to the protests. That's what they said at the time.
We clearly heard the admin saying the video was their best guess as to the attack, but won't know for sure until the investigation is completed.
The latest email is obviously about Benghazi, BUT it wasn't ONLY about Benghazi..... there were riots going on all over the Islamic world because of Bacile’s video, and the email was to address them collectively, because there was no definitive proof of anything to the contrary those early days.
Panetta described Obama’s instructions in his testimony: “He basically said, do whatever you need to do to be able to protect our people there.” No person ever ever saying ' Stand down.’
Now if you want to have a discussion about failed US policy then let's discuss how over 200 marines died under Reagan's watch. Or the more than 3,000 Americans who died on 9/11 when Bush ignored the presidential brief. Or the disaster known as the Iraq war where thousands of troops died.
AND make sure that the next time the Secretary of State asks the GOP Congress to increase the funds for more security...that the GOP Congress complies. They cut funding for the year Benghazi happened. And events in Cairo and Benghazi were simultaneously happening

8:21 pm May 1, 2014

Rand Paul is not qualified to be president wrote:

Rand Paul is way too kooky to ever be president.
And he doesn't even keep up on current events---

Some of them revealed being behind in the news with his call for a boycott of the next G-8 summit in Russia:
"The U.S. should suspend its participation in this summer’s G-8 summit and take the lead in boycotting the event in Sochi. "

Yeah, this alreadyhas happened. And he said he would appoint someone to the Federal Reserve who has been dead.
The man is not ready for prime time.

8:51 pm May 1, 2014

Not Jeb Bush wrote:

Jeb Bush already made a mistake --- which makes one question his honesty and credibility --- when he accused President Obama of attacking Catholics by relocating the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican. .

It showed Jeb Bush had not done his homework and was out of touch.
And, to make matters worse, there is a major irony----the concept and the process of relocating the embassy to Italy originated under Jeb’s brother’s presidency—George W Bush bought the new buildings which are actually closer in proximity to the Vatican!!
I think it doesn't bode well that Jeb comes out and makes a mistake like this.
It reminds us of how uncurious George W was, and how he was prone to too many errors. And he never took responsiblity for any of his mistakes. He seemed repeatedly unprepared. His speeches were full of errors. We can't have another Bush presidency. Bush fatigue is a true phenomenon.

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